A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

countryside Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 5.1 42.2 19.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4210 28 2 0 1 1
Number of authors17 7 7 1 1 1

Occurrences of countryside in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
braes an burns an countryside on page 45

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
aboot the countryside, on page 102

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
beloved countryside. on page 121

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
, and the air oot here in the countryside is cleaner than the sooty shi on page 3

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
left where it merged wi open countryside. There wis naebody aroond so on page 44

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
a stone's throw away fae the countryside, but ma favourite place, the on page 92

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
w day Hercules went aboot the countryside daein whit he wis boarn tae d on page 2
tered and began tae scoor the countryside, liftin up trees and muckle r on page 7

2 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
the troopers noo scourin the countryside fur the likes o him.

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
dain wrang, and travelled the countryside persuadin thoosans o folk tae

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Ye've been oot terrorisin the countryside fir a month. Allow me to intr on page 40

1 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
day time wi her Auntie in the countryside. The railwye track wis jist a on page 15

1 matches

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Big sycamores that only 'The Countryside Companion' could manage. An a on page 22

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
friendship, long walks in the countryside and possibly more." on page 52
Ah am an gien ma a luv o the countryside an fir the fine tung o the fo on page 89

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Wirds differ roon the countryside, on page 5
immy. Growin up in the Buchan countryside, wi'd aa the freedom in the w on page 20
arin oot 0's; the smell o the countryside fullin wir lungs an the win b on page 21
"Ye ken a lot aboot the countryside, divn't ye, John?" Ah streetc on page 44
ity pylons aat cut across the countryside an smiled te think foo he'd h on page 92

5 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
fae the countryside an Ireland on page 32

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Countryside flush, athing soakin weet,
Countryside is fer soakin weet,
Countryside looks bonny jist noo,
Girse in the countryside burned broon,
he cood gang an enjoy the countryside ony time he felt like it. A p
5 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Countryside dryin up I'm ill at ease.
Countryside is bonny an bricht wi the rai
Eence mair the countryside is soakin weet,
Countryside is jist dreepin weet,
Countryside is dryin oot, nae afore time,
10 matches

Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
me: it’s in the quait o the countryside an the steer o the toons; itâ
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
5am? Used tae be some random countryside scenes wee music?(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ower miles o bonny countryside tae freends you've yet tae me on page 37
I wid drive them roond the countryside and shaa them aal the sights on page 58

2 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
e stuck inside away from bus, countryside and people, here are some Gal(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
Whut heppin’t tae the countryside, since you an’ me wus wains
1 matches

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